Sexagenary cycle · position 13 of 60
丙子
Yang Fire Rat 丙子: 1936, 1996, 2056 Years & Na Yin
丙子 Bǐng–Zǐ is pillar 13 of 60: Yang Fire over the Rat’s Water branch, with Na Yin Water beneath the ravine 涧下水. It names 1936, 1996, 2056 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 丙子
Water beneath the ravine
Water beneath the ravine follows a low, sheltered course shaped by the ground around it. In a day-pillar reading, it evokes attention to small openings and the ability to continue without occupying the widest channel. Its movement is specific rather than expansive, with the surrounding banks giving both a route forward and limits to that route.
涧下水
- English association
- Water beneath the ravine
- Associated phase
- 水 Water
- Shares this Na Yin
- 丁丑 Yin Fire Ox
The 子 Zi coordinate
- Animal
- Rat
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 23:00–00:59
- Month opens at
- 大雪 Major Snow
- Direction
- North
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 子
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 丙 Bing as the reference stem.
- 01
癸
Primary interior stem
正官 Direct Officer
Where 丙子 returns
- Cycle position
- 13 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲戌
- Stem stage at this branch
- 胎 Conception
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1936丙子
- 1996丙子
- 2056丙子
丙子 as a day pillar
Bing’s Fire is expansive and readily felt. Read through the Day Master, this image suggests vivid expression, direct engagement and an impulse to bring things into the open. Its intensity gives the interpretation movement and warmth. The surrounding chart helps distinguish a clear, sustained expression from heat that builds faster than it can find a useful outlet.
丙 above 子
Water controls Fire in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Gui 癸 (Direct Officer) relative to this Day Master.